Gate.



A. A. COON.

GATE. APPLICATION FILED JAN-27, 1915.

Patented Mar. 7,1916.

wi bwemo THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 520., WASHINGTON, D. c.

ALBERT A. COON, OF HUTSONVILLE, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Mar. a; rare.

Application filed January 27, 1915. Serial No. 4,764.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT A. Coon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hutsonville, in the county of Crawford and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to farm gates and more particularly to an improvement in supports for gates of the swinging folding panel type. Gates of this type are so constructed that their latch or free ends may be elevated so as to permit of the gate being swung over snow drifts or up hill or to permit of the passage of hogs, sheep, and the like, and yet prevent the passage of cattle.

It is the aim of the present invention to provide a support for-a gate of this type so constructed as to act automatically to support or brace the gate in any position to which it may be adjusted, the support being furthermore so constructed as to securely lock in its various positions of adjustment in such mannerthat it will not be liable to become accidentally disarranged or released.

Another aim of the invention is to so construct the support that it may be readily manipulated to permit of the free end of the gate being lowered.

The invention also aims to provide a support so constructed that the weight of the gate imposed upon it will. result in a direct pull being exerted by the support through the free end of the gate toward the hinged end thereof, so that warping of the gate and stiles is prevented.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the gate embodying the present invention, the gate being shown in one position in full lines and in another position in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the gate on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through a portion of the support for the gate. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of one member of the support.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 ind cates the bars of the gate, the numeral 2 indicates thestiles at the hinged endofthe gate, 3

the stiles at the latch end of the gate, and -l the intermediate stiles. The bars 1 are arranged in parallel relation with respect to each other and are pivoted between the stiles 2 and to the stiles 3 and at by means of bolts 5. This is the usual arrangement of the bars and stiles of a gate of the type mentioned above and it will be understood that the latch end of the gate may be tilted or elevated with respect to the hinged end thereof and may likewise be lowered. Fitted through the stiles 2 near the upper ends thereof is a bolt 6 to which is connected a pintle lug or eye 7 comprising a member of the upper hinge for the gate,

this eye being engaged with the usual pintle, indicated at 8, carried by the hinge post. The lower hinge for the gate will be presently specifically described. Pivoted at their upper ends to the bolt 6 are two bars 9 comprising members of the supporting device embodying the present invention. These bars extend at opposite sides of the gate as clearly shown in Fig.

2 of the drawings and furthermore extend diagonally downwardly toward the lower corner of the gate at the free end thereof. The supporting device further includes a dog member and a keeper bar.

The keeper bar is indicated by the numeral 10 and is preferably circular in cross section and is pivotally connected, as at 11, to a bolt extending between the stiles 8. The bar 10 extends between two of the bars 1, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The dog member is clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4c of the drawings, and comprises a plate 12 which is preferably relativelv thick and is formed with an opening. The lower end of the plate is rolled upon itself, as at 14, to form a sleeve in which is fitted a bolt 15 to which are pivoted the lower ends of the bars 9. At its upper end the plate 12 is bent to form a handle extension 16 which extends approximately at right angles to the plate 12 and beyond that face thereof opposite the face at which the sleeve leis located.

By reference to Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, it will be observed that the keeper bar 10 is fitted through the opening 13 in the dog member, and by reference to Fig. 3 it will be observed that when the weight of the gate is imposed upon the supporting device the dogmember will be canted so that the edges of the wall of the opening 13 will bite into the bar 10. By reason of this engagement of the dog with the bar 10, the dog will be held against movement along the bar and the gate will be supported in the position to which it has been adjusted. It will be understood that in order to adjust the gate, and have the same supported in the position to which it is adjusted, it is only necessary to elevate the latch end of the gate. In doing this, the dog will slide along the bar in the direction of the pivoted end thereof and when the gate is released the dog will automatically grip the bar and the gate will be held, in adjusted position. When it is .desired to lower the gate, the latch end thereof is slightly elevated and the handle 16 of the dog is grasped and the dog is tilted so as to bring the edges of the wall of the opening 13 out of engagement with the bar. The dcgbeingheld in this position, the gate may be lowered to the desired position, the dog in themeantime sliding freely along the bar and,, when the gate has been; properly ipositic-ned, the dog is released and will automatically grip thebar.

From theforegoing description of this portion of the structure, it will be apparent that the bars-'9 beingv connected to the bolt 6 exert, through the medium of 'the'dog, a direct pull upon the keeper bar 10 substantially in a line parallel to the'bars l'of the gate, and it will furthermore be understood that, inasmuch as two of the bars 9 are provided and are located at opposite sides of the gate, the gate is prevented from warping or becoming otherwise distorted."

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed .as new is:

1. The combination -with a gate of the swinging, vertically fo'ldable panel type,of a supporting devicefor the gate including a keeper bar pivotally connected to'the gate at the 1 free end thereof, a brace bar pivotally connected at one 611d to the hinged end of the gate, and a dog pivotally connected to the other end of the said brace bar and provided with an opening receiving the said keeper bar, the opposite edges of the wall of the opening engaging the said keeper bar when the dog is canted.

2. The combination with a gate of the swinging, vertically foldalole panel type, of a supporting device for the gate including a keeper bar connected to one of the stiles of the gate at the free end thereof, a brace bar connected at one end to one of the stiles of the gate at the hinged end thereof and extending downwardly at an angle in the direction of the said keeper bar, and a dog pivotally connected to the lower end of the said brace bar and having an opening to receive the keeper bar, the opposite edges of the wall of the opening engaging the said keeper bar when the dog is canted, and a handle carried by the dog above the said keeper bar.

3. The combination with a gate of the swinging, vertically foldable panel type, of a supporting device for the gate including a keeper bar connected to one of the stiles of the gate at the free end thereof,a brace bar connected at one'end to one ofthe stiles of the gate at the hinged end thereof and eX- tending downwardly at an angle in the direction of the said keeper-bar, and a dog comprising a body pivotally'connected to thelower end of the brace bar and provided above its pivot with an opening receiving the keeper bar, the upper end. of the said body being turned at an angle to form a handle extending above the said keeper bar, the opposite edges of the wall of theopening in the dog engaging the-keeper bar.

In testimony whereof I atlixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERTA. CGON. [1,. s.]

Witnesses F. C. SHAKE, LE0 L. NEWLIN.

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